In the Mid 1850s, the Whig Party Divided into Conscience

question 48

Multiple Choice

In the mid 1850s, the Whig party divided into Conscience Whigs and Conservatives along the following lines:

• A) Conscience Whigs were pro tariff and conservatives were not.
• B) Conscience Whigs opposed slavery; conservatives embraced the Compromise of 1850.
• C) Conscience Whigs were generally Southerners; conservatives were from the North.
• D) Conscience Whigs wanted to ban immigration; conservatives supported limitations on immigration but not an outright ban.
• E) Conscience Whigs favored government-sponsored internal improvements; conservatives thought states should pay for their own improvements.

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